
My Dad Bod represents someone who’s been absent from the gym to be present with his kids. While it’s true that I’ve spent an unnecessary amount of resources on gym memberships over the years, many of those months were wasted fees. My good intentions of looking better were overshadowed by my desire to coach my daughters’ softball…
Panero highlights a 2013 study that found reading passages of highbrow “literary” fiction — as opposed to non-fiction or popular fiction — led to improvements on tests that measured readers’ theory of mind. “Theory of mind is defined as the ability to recognize the internal states of others — their thoughts, beliefs, intentions, emotions, etc.,” she says.